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During a temporary ceasefire in November 2023, Palestinian citizens return to their homes in the town of Khuza’a, inspecting homes that were destroyed by Israeli bombing. Photo: UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf
News
UN Women estimates over 28,000 women and girls killed in Gaza since October 2023
UNMISS peacekeepers from Mongolia, India, and Namibia, respectively, photographed at mission headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/Gregorio Cunha.
Explainer
Gender equality in peacekeeping: Why it matters for global security
A refugee fromCentral African Republic (CAR) learns the French alphabet as part of an adult education class held at the UN Women Social Cohesion space. Refugees from CAR speak a variety of languages, and many seek to learn French, one of Cameroon’s official languages, in order to integrate successfully. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Facts and figures
Facts and figures: Humanitarian action
Rabha, a beneficiary of UN Women's humanitarian assistance at Saada and Salaam gathering site in Port Sudan. Through women-led organizations across the country, UN Women gives various forms of humanitarian support to the women and girls of Sudan including psychosocial, provision of dignity kits and sensitization on their rights. Photo: UN Women/Ekram Hamad Fadlalla
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the humanitarian needs of women and girls in Sudan after two years of war
Nassim, 28 years and a mother of five children at the Tambasi centre for displaced families in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo: UNICEF/UNI569483/Mohamed Zakaria
In focus
Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls
Malka, a displaced mother, carries her 1-year-old daughter Sahar who is suffering severe acute malnutrition outside her house in Elhoury gathering point for internally displaced persons in Gedaref state, November, 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI689368/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
Explainer
The impact of Sudan’s war on women, two years on
When the conflict erupted in Khartoum, Ruweda and hersiblings fled without their father. Its been a whole year since they last saw him.. Kassala state, March 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI547360/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the impact on women and girls of two years of relentless conflict in Sudan
Activists and civil society members interact at the Conference with Sudanese Women Leaders to Influence the Peace Process and Support Coalition Building held in Kampala, Uganda in October 2023. Photo:UN Women/James Ochweri
Feature story
For lasting peace in Sudan, women must lead peace efforts
Mursalina Amin, founder of Girls toward leadership.
Explainer
Inside the crisis you don’t see: How war impacts women’s mental health
An injured child lays on a hospital cot while a women comforts her
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls
17-year-old Noor, pictured in Gaza City, Jabalia Camp on 21 March 2025. Photo: UNICEF/UNI766969/Nateel
News
'Life has stopped. We didn’t sleep all night, paralyzed' – Women of Gaza report intolerable toll of the war
In Lviv, scientist, lawyer, public activist, and human rights defender Iryna Periv (pictured at right) and Iryna Andrusiak, lawyer and researcher specializing in gender issues (pictured at left), run a business with a goal of making “lingerie about health, not sexualization.” Photo: UN Women/Nadia Berska
Feature story
Three years into the war, women are powering Ukraine’s recovery